This page contains items that aren't eligible for the main
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Gem or International Stereo Releases
lists because Bob does not personally perform on them, but
are nevertheless of interest to Dylan collectors. This page contains details of
covers of Blowin' In The Wind, in some cases with extremely fanciful
translations of the title. In countries like France, Germany or
Sweden Blowin' In The Wind was always translated, with rare exceptions, as "Écoute
Dans Le Vent", "Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind" or "Vinden Ger Svar".
However, in Spanish-speaking countries this song was translated in many
different ways. Although the most usual were "La Respuesta Está En El Viento
[The Answer Is In The Wind]" or "Soplando En El Viento [Blowing In The Wind]",
there were many others, some of them amazing, like "Saber Que Vendrás
[To Know He Will Come]", "Saber Que
Estárás
[To Know You Will Stay]", "Quisiera Saber [I Would Like To Know]",
"Solo El Tiempo Puede Contestarnos [Only Time Can Answer Us]" and even "Algo
Flota En El Viento [Something Floats In The Wind]"!

Even though
there are over 1000 cover versions of this song, I have no details of singles
chart success. In the UK Blowin' In The Wind has only entered the singles chart
twice, in 1963 for Peter, Paul and Mary (#13) and in 1966 for Stevie Wonder
(#36).

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here. For details of the false rumour that Blowin' In The Wind was really written
by Lorre Wyatt, see
here.

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These versions have different French lyrics, not the ones by Pierre Dorsey.

Amicale Laïque de Sourdeval
1-7-3194 (France) - EP front scan by Manuel
García Jara (translated
again into French as "Écoute Dans Le Vent [Listen To The Wind]", but not Dorsey's
lyrics, translator not credited)

C.E.L. CC 72.709 (France) - 7" EP
front
scan by Manuel García Jara (translated
into French by Marcel Dasin and titled "Seigneur Écoute-nous [Lord, Listen To Us]" on the rear sleeve but as "Prière
Universelle [Universal Prayer]" on the B-side record label!)

T.E.N. CC 1.202
(Belgium) - EP front scan by Manuel
García Jara (translated again
as "Écoute Dans Le Vent", this is not the usual translation by Pierre Dorsey,
this time the translation with religious content was by Louis Laurent)

Scandinavian Translations

Swedish: "Vinden Ger Svar [The Wind Gives
Answers]"

This version has Swedish lyrics by Tore Lagergren.
It is also listed as "Och Vinden Ger Svar [And The Wind Gives Answers]"
or "Blott Vinden Ger Svar [Only The Wind Gives Answers]".

Danish: "Vinden Gi'r Dig Svar [The Wind Gives You Answers]"

This version has Danish lyrics by Thøger Olesen.
It is also listed as "Kun Vinden Gi'r Dig Svar [Only The Wind Gives
You Answers]".

In Spanish-speaking countries this song was
translated in many different ways. Although the most usual were "La Respuesta Está En El Viento
[The Answer Is In The Wind]" or "Soplando En El Viento [Blowing In The Wind]",
there were many others, some of them amazing, like "Saber Que Vendrás
[To Know He Will Come]", "Saber Que
Estárás
[To Know You Will Stay]", "Quisiera Saber [I Would Like To Know]",
"Solo El Tiempo Puede Contestarnos [Only Time Can Answer Us]" and even "Algo
Flota En El Viento [Something Floats In The Wind]"
or "Tocando El Viento [Playing The Wind]"!

Front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay

"Soplando En El Viento [Blowin In The Wind]" sheet music
from Argentina. It was printed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10 May 1966, by
commission of the Compañía Representante de Editoriales Americanas S.R.L. (C.R.E.A.)
[Company Representative of American Publishers]. In this case, in
representation of M. Witmark & Sons (New York). Blowin’ In The Wind is
translated to the Spanish “Soplando En El Viento” and subtitled “Quisiera
Saber[I Would Like To Know]”,
because of the Spanish lyrics by R. Morena.

Page 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay

Page 3 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay

Rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay

This edition was authorised by the Music Publishers Holding
Corp. and the sale of the same was authorised for these countries only:
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile. On the last page is the Spanish
translation of the song, which is (I'm told) very peculiar, but does
not abandon the general sense of the original lyrics.

Blowin' In the Wind was translated to Romanian by poet Adrian Păunescu and was sung by folk band Pasărea Colibri with the title "Vânare
De Vânt [Windhunting]". The song was translated into Ukrainian by singer-songwriter Yuriy Veres on
his 2012 album 60/70 as "Вітер десь носить [The Wind Is Somewhere]".